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ACCUMULATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NUTRIENTS IN FORAGE SORGHUM GENOTYPES UNDER SALINITYABSTRACT -The absorption and distribution control of Na + and Cl-in plant tissues is related directly to the plant tolerance degree to the salinity and can minimize possible nutritional disorders because of these ions competition with elements such as N, P, K, Ca, Mg and S. The aim of this study was to evaluate the salinity effect on the accumulation and distribution of Na, Cl and macronutrients in ten genotypes of sorghum. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse located at Embrapa Semiarid, in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil. We used a experimental randomized block design in a factorial 10x6 considering ten cultivars of forage sorghum, six levels of salinity and three replications. After harvest, plants were separated into leaves, culms and roots, left to dry and milled for subsequent determination of the elements N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Na and Cl. Concomitantly with the salinity increase, it was observed a reduction in the amount of nutrients accumulated in leaves, culms and roots of forage sorghum, directly related to the dry matter losses and competitive effect of Na + and Cl-, which are in excess in the soil solution.